James Fearon, CDDRL faculty affiliate, comments on Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Syria

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is back in San Francisco after a trip to Syria -- a trip criticized by the Bush administration. Pelosi is firing back at the President. A growing number of observers believe a timetable on Iraq is reasonable, because it might lead Iraq's leaders toward political solutions. Professor James Fearon says: "I do think that starting to get out, or saying 'if we don't see these agreements, we're going to be ramping down our presence or changing the nature of the mission' might be about the only way you could get movement on that front."

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